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Web Interface for Resource Manager Roadmap

Tuesday, 11 December 2007 by Michel Roth

Jason Conger has just published an update to his website that mentions where his coolest and most popular tool, the Web Interface for Resource Manager - affectionally called WIRM, is heading. Jason is planning all these cool new features for the future version of the WIRM:

Farm Level Reports
WIRM 3.0 will be able to provide statistics on a farm-wide basis.

ASP.NET AJAX Enhancements
Should provide UI and performance improvements

MFCOM Integration
This will provide real-time application and server statistics.

CPS 4.5 Configuration Logging Support
Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 configuration logging database integration will provide reports on historical farm changes.

Integration with Third Party products
WIRM will integrate with certain third party products (stay tuned for more on this in the future).

Because of all these exiting new features a major architectural shift will occur. This shift will implement SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) principles in the WIRM (if it will remain to called like that). The good thing about this re-architecture is that it will allow more flexibility. The bad news is that it will not add any new features for end users. So, the next release of Web Interface for Resource Manager will include this new architecture and the AJAX enhancements. This will be a 3.0 release. Each new piece I add after that will be an incremental 3.x release.

So hang tight. It will be worth it I'm sure. If you have no idea what the Web Interface for Resource Manager looks like, you could have a look in this Thincomputing.net Premo.

Read Jason's Web Interface for Resource Manager Roadmap post.